President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his fourth inaural address from the South Portico porch in 1945
under the awnings commonly used at the time before the addition of the Truman Balcony (Library of Congress)

The South Portico, circa 1930, as the outdoors-loving Hoovers made it (NARA)

President Calvin Coolidge with his family on the South Portico in 1924;
behind the president is Calvin, Jr., who died soon after of blood poisoning at the age of sixteen (Library of Congress)

The White House housekeeper insisted on maintaining a carriage for shopping into the early 1920s

President Coolidge poses with bankers outside the South Portico in 1923;
note the privacy screen structure at right (Library of Congress)

President Warren Harding escorts Professor Marie Curie down from the South Portico, circa 1922 (Library of Congress)

Quentin Roosevelt astride the mighty Algonquin, circa 1902;
note the conservatories still on the west side (Library of Congress)

President James Polk and family (with future president James Buchanan, far left) on the South Portico, circa 1849;
the woman to the president's left (head blurred) is former First Lady Dolley Madison (George Eastman House)